综合能力提升卷(二十)
完形填空+阅读理解(2篇)
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Ⅰ.完形填空(2019·湖南常德三模)
Every year,as soon as Halloween is over,our son Matthew waits for the lights.He’s been doing it for more than a dozen 1 .As the days grow shorter and the nights longer,as the temperatures 2 and the leaves fall,he waits for the 3 .
The neighbors across the street always put up a 4 and brilliant light display for the holidays and Matthew loves to wait for them to be turned on,which usually 5 right after Thanksgiving. 6 ,he begins his monitoring a month before their arrival.And then,each day between Thanksgiving and 7 the lights are turned off,he waits, 8 ,from mid-afternoon on. And when each evening’s moment comes,you don’t have to be with 9 .You know it no matter where you are in the house.The rhythmic 10 .The dancing around the house.Pure 11 on his face! And it happens every single night.
Despite all his 12 ,in the world’s view—his severe mental disabilities,his
two-year-old 13 in a twenty-three-year-old body,his inability to
speak—Matthew knows 14 very profound,that light will shine in the darkness,that no matter how dark,how long the 15 eventually,and without 16 ,those lights will shine again.No matter how many seasons of the year without them,there will come a season when those lights will shine again.
Life 17 its own seasons of darkness,desperate,lonely, 18 and full of fear at times. 19 those seasons,a new season can come and the light can be seen again.Whatever 20 I find within and around me,I look to my son,and remember that a light can break the darkness.
1. A.hours B.seconds C.decades D.years
2.A.rise B.change C.drop D.stay
3.A.lights B.neighbors C.tricks D.holidays
4.A.tasteful B.beautiful C.strong D.strange
5.A.happens B.tests C.obtains D.delivers
6.A.Instead B.Then C.Therefore D.However
7.A.unless B.until C.after D.since
8.A.nervously B.impatiently C.excitedly D.quietly
9.A.it B.her C.one D.him
10.A.poems B.excitement C.fighting D.clapping
11.A.surprise B.sadness C.glory D.delight
12.A.limitations B.advantages C.characters D.beliefs
13.A.brother B.sister C.mind D.memory
14.A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything
15.A.holiday B.display C.street D.wait
16.A.fail B.pity C.stop D.plan
17.A.receives B.proves C.supports D.brings
18.A.satisfying B.unwilling C.painful D.peaceful
19.A.In spite of B.Thanks to C.Regardless of D.As to
20.A.happiness B.darkness C.sympathy D.warmth
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
[自然生态类](2019·宁夏吴忠中学月考)
Brush turkeys are heading back into urban Sydney areas,according to an environmental expert,and there is not much people can do about it.
The Australian brush turkey has “big feet”.They damage people’s beloved backyards by raking up(把……耙拢)dirt to make large nests which can sometimes hold up to 56 eggs in one mound(土堆).This is because one male brush turkey can breed(交配繁殖) with up to six females who can each lay up to 12 eggs.
The population of brush turkeys in Australia was severely reduced along the east coast in the 1960s after coming close to extinction during the Depression as they were easy to hunt for food.As a result,they became a protected species in the 1970s which made it illegal to shoot them.
“In the 1980s,they took over Brisbane,and Sydney is about 10 years behind what happened up here,”Professor Darryl Jones,deputy director of the Environmental Futures Research Institute at Griffith University,said.“Once they get into the city they work out there’s a lot of food and they have a fair bit of protection.”
While brush turkeys have cultural significance in Queensland,they can be annoying for many in Sydney.Former Central Coast resident(居民) Paul told 702
ABC Sydney that he had “an ongoing battle for years” with brush turkeys that built nests in his garden.
“We had plague proportions(瘟疫之灾) when we lived on the Central Coast.I was trying to grow food and vegetables but I had to give up,”he said.“They just completely dug them up.I was fighting a losing battle.”
But Sydney resident Joy thinks differently.“Brush turkeys are part of nature,”she said:“I’ve been able to successfully have a flower garden and a vegetable garden and have brush turkeys wander through the yard.The way I’ve done it is just to put sticks in the ground around the plants.I haven’t had any problems at all and people need to think of ways to overcome these problems rather than killing animals.”
1.What’s one characteristic of brush turkeys?
A.They are afraid of humans. B.They usually live in coastal areas.
C.They often build mounds to hide eggs. D.A female lays a dozen eggs each time.
2.Why were brush turkeys nearly dying out during the Depression?
A.They couldn’t find enough food. B.They were over-hunted for meat.
C.They were hated and hurt by people. D.Their natural habitats were
destroyed.
3.What troubled Paul was that .
A.a plague broke out on the Central Coast B.his garden was messed up by brush turkeys
C.he was sometimes attacked by brush turkeys D.he had no place to grow food and vegetables
4.What is Joy’s opinion of brush turkeys?
A.They do much harm to gardeners. B.Their number should be controlled.
C.Sydney is suitable for them to survive. D.People should live in harmony with them.
B
[科普知识类](2019·汉中二模)
We are born,we live,we age and we die.This is the natural cycle of human existence.The world record holder for the longest human life is Jeanne Louise Calment of France,who lived to 122 years and 164 days.But what is the secret to a long life?
Human beings are complex,and we live for a very long time,making studies of the process of ageing a serious challenge.Most of the research to date has therefore been done in animals.Two of the favorite species for these kinds of studies are Caenorhabditis elegans,a very tiny worm,and Mus musculus,the laboratory mouse.The worms generally live for just two or three weeks,while the mice have an upper lifespan of around three years,and both have a lot of genes that are quite similar to our own.Using these models,researchers have identified several possible candidates,including stem cells,calorie restriction(能量限制),and even some drugs,could hold off the ageing process.
After years of careful research,there is now a wealth of knowledge just waiting to be tested in people.We spoke to Brian Kennedy,CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing.“We’re a nonprofit medical research institute that’s focused on understanding ageing.We realized when the doors opened in 1999 that ageing was the biggest risk factor behind all of the diseases that we care about,”he explains.“I think the exciting thing that we have learned over the past decade is that it’s really possible to slow ageing in a mouse,or even in primates(灵长类动物).The challenge now is to take that knowledge and apply it to humans.”
5.The studies of ageing were performed in two special animals because .
A.their genes are similar to mankind B.their genes are easy to be tested
C.they have similar lifespans to mankind D.they have the same genes as
mankind
6.Which of the following can probably be used to prevent ageing process?
A.Animal genes. B.Mus musculus.
C.Stem cells. D.Caenorhabditis elegans.
7.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.The study of ageing was started in 1999.
B.It’s possible to slow ageing in some animals.
C.The study of ageing can’t be tested in humans.
D.The study shows that slowing ageing in humans is a reality.
8.What’s Brian Kennedy’s attitude towards slow ageing?
A.Critical. B.Negative. C.Indifferent. D.Positive.
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